NEW ORLEANS – The Fort Hays State men’s track and field team remains in the USTFCCCA national rankings as they come in at No. 22 in the latest installment released Tuesday (Feb. 13). The Tigers are coming off a performance at the Concordia Indoor Invite over the weekend that saw two provisional marks met.

FHSU reaches the No. 22 spot after calculating 32.91 points from the computer-based system within the poll. The Tigers were one of five MIAA programs to earn a mention in the rankings alongside No. 7 Pittsburg State, No. 13 Missouri Southern, No. 14 Emporia State and No. 23 Central Missouri.

Sam Dreling leads the Tigers after claiming his third-straight provisional with a personal best of 16 feet, 8 ¾ inches in the pole vault at the Concordia Indoor Invite. Kolt Newell also captured a provisional with a high jump of 6 feet, 9 inches which now ranks him 26th in the nation. Other first-place finishes over the weekend include Matthew Pieper taking the 400-meters at 51.47, Oscar Carmona winning the 3,000-meters at 8:47.25 and Blayne Godshall in at No. 1 in the long jump with a distance of 22 feet, 8 ½ inches.

The Tigers will next be on the road to the Nebraska Tune-Up in Lincoln, Neb., their last meet before the MIAA Championships hosted at Pittsburg State the following weekend.

Below are the latest rankings for Division II Men.

Rank Institution Points
1 Colorado Mines 166.43
2 Tiffin 162.48
3 Adams State 154.98
4 Grand Valley State 131.61
5 Texas A&M-Commerce 122.70
6 Ashland 117.42
7 Pittsburg State 113.96
8 CSU-Pueblo 86.82
9 Findlay 76.71
10 Texas A&M-Kingsville 72.61
11 Academy of Art 70.66
12 Western Oregon 67.60
13 Missouri Southen 67.39
14 Emporia State 60.36
15 Minnesota State 59.52
16 West Texas A&M 51.65
17 American International 48.27
18 Saint Augustine’s 45.14
19 Colorado Mesa 42.20
20 Colorado Christian 38.47
21 Wingate 36.46
22 Fort Hays State 32.91
23 Central Missouri 32.14
24 U-Mary 29.68
25 Rogers State 27.86